Hi,

1) I have a xml string which gives me position of the nodes on the diagram and links between them. To add a node to the diagram i will do something like:

ShapeNode node = new ShapeNode(diagram);
// missing code to give node positoin and size information
diagram.Nodes.Add(node);

what should be the missing code? or any other alternative.

2) I get the guids of the nodes that are connected in the xml how should i map it to create links between this two nodes ?

3) I have some properties common to all the nodes and i do not want to repeat the initialization for each node so where should i place the common code for ex. Node.EnableHandles should be AdjustmentHandles.Move for all the diagram nodes.

Thanks,
Anurodh

Thanks for the reply.

One more thing:

1) we do not want our links to cross the shape node (i.e. the links should never overlap with the node region they should never cross node boundaries), how to achieve this. we tried setting our links SnapToNodeBorder and SnapsToDevicePixels to true but then also the links are crossing node boundaries.

Thanks,
Anurodh

Thanx for the reply, but the Route() method creates links which can bend, i want straight links.

Anurodh

1) Yes agree, but the thing is when two nodes are connected by link in the way that node1 is above node2 and the link starts from node1 bottom boundary to node2 upper boundary. Now select and move node2 to any location above node1 in y plane and note that the link still starts from node1 bottom boundary and now as the node2 is above node1 it is going through the node1 region to connect to node2.

How to set link start/end position so that links never get into node region even though the nodes are moved they should adjust to the boundaries automatically

2) Could you tell me how to achieve following:

We have a single node in the diagram sheet, the single node stands for a group of nodes.
The scenario is when you click on this single node the diagram should now display the nodes (and their links) inside the group.

How to achieve above scenario.

Thanks,
Anurodh

Thanks i will try that.

Please suggest for the first one also.

one more query
1) I have a button to on the grid lines and on the click of which i am showing grid lines. However i also want that now the diagram nodes should be placed in their most neighboring grid cell. To achieve this i did something like following:
               diagram.ShowGrid = true;
               diagram.GridStyle = GridStyle.Lines;
               diagram.GridOffsetX = 0;
               diagram.GridOffsetY = 0;
               diagram.GridSizeX = 50;
               diagram.GridSizeY = 50;
               diagram.AlignToGrid = true;
However, the nodes are not getting aligned to the grid cells. How to achieve this?

Thanks once again,
Anurodh

Thanks.

Please also suggest about this:

when two nodes are connected by link in the way that node1 is above node2 and the link starts from node1 bottom boundary to node2 upper boundary. Now select and move node2 to any location above node1 in y plane and note that the link still starts from node1 bottom boundary and now as the node2 is above node1 it is going through the node1 region to connect to node2.

How to set link start/end position so that links never get into node region even though the nodes are moved they should adjust to the boundaries automatically

Thanks,
Anurodh

Thanks. Resolved now.

some more queries:
1) Say we do not want link creation until user select the type of link present in a toolbar. So when user has not chosen any link creation button then he can only select and move the nodes in the diagram.

What we want here is when the node is selected the node movement cursor (the four arrow one) which currently appears only at the center of the node should come for whole node region.

2)  A pan button in the toolbar clicking that will take the diagram in panning mode changing the cursor to Hand cursor and allow user to pan with the use of mouse movement (without the use of alt key) 

3) I want to have an image on my decision shaped node for which i have written following code:

ShapeNode node = new ShapeNode(diagram);
           node.Bounds = new Rect(new Point(100, 100), new Size(50, 50));
           node.Shape = Shapes.Decision;
           Uri uri = new Uri(@"..\..\Test.png", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
           node.Image = new BitmapImage(uri);
           node.ImageAlign = ImageAlign.Center;

However, i want to allow my image to extend beyond node boundaries (the decision shape) but currently it is getting clipped of with the node boundaries. How to prevent it and allow image to extend.

Thanks,
Anurodh

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
But setting node.HandlesStyle = EasyMove is causing a circle to appear at center of the node and there the movement cursor does not appear. What to do in this case.

Secondly, can you tell me how to achieve this by custom behavior object.

Please also suggest about 2) and 3) above.

Thanks,
Anurodh